Alissa Wilkinson

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🗓️ 13 December 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Alissa Wilkinson is a staff writer at Vox.com, where she covers film and pop culture, and an associate professor of English and humanities at The King's College in New York City, where she teaches courses on criticism and cultural theory. Prior to that, Alissa was the critic at large at Christianity Today and regularly contributed criticism and features at a number of publications, including Rolling Stone, Vulture, RogerEbert.com, Pacific Standard, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Books & Culture, and others. On today’s show, we’ll talk about Christians and movies, about what it means to be a critic, and what it means to a Christian writer in the mainstream media. We’ll also talk about art in general, about the particular cultural moment we’re living in, and we’ll cover Charles Taylor and David Foster Wallace. Check out Alissa’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Apocalypse-Zombies-Politics/dp/0802872719/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481632640&sr=8-1&keywords=alissa+wilkinson Her recent article on the Hamilton Mixtape: http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/6/13843722/hamilton-mixtape-lin-manuel-miranda Her essay on David Foster Wallace: http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2015/mayjun/everybody-worships.html Her review of Arrival: http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/11/11/13587262/arrival-movie-review-amy-adams-denis-villeneuve Here’s the David Foster Wallace essay collection: https://www.amazon.com/Supposedly-Fun-Thing-Never-Again/dp/0316925284/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481632775&sr=8-1&keywords=a+supposedly+fun+thing+i%27ll+never+do+again And the book on Charles Taylor by James K.A. Smith: https://www.amazon.com/How-Not-Be-Secular-Reading/dp/0802867618/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481632800&sr=8-1&keywords=How+not+to+be+secular This episode was produced and written by Mike Cosper It was recorded and mixed by Mark Owens at Resonaterecordings.com Special thanks to Scott Slucher and Lachlan Coffey Daniela Rueda is our administrator. Our theme song is by Roman Candle Our soundtrack is by Roman Candle and Dan Phelps – links to their work are in our show notes. Chris Bennett designed our logos. We’ll be back next week, when my guest will be the Doctor, President, and Intergalactic Keeper of Souls, Gregory Thornbury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:22.0	The Wolf of Wall Street.
0:23.3	Yes.
0:23.8	You created an internet buzz a little bit with that.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:26.9	Well, I love Martin's Gorsese, so I went to see the Wolf of Wall Street.
0:30.4	That trailer just looked like Leo DiCaprio finally having fun in a movie, which the
0:34.4	refa not should be proof enough that he just drags himself through unpleasant
0:38.3	experiences to get an Oscar.
0:40.2	Alyssa Wilkinson is a film critic.
0:41.9	Her writings appeared in books and culture, Rolling Stone, the LA review of books, and more.
0:47.0	She currently writes for Vox.com, but prior to that, she was the resident film critic at
0:51.3	Christianity Today, where she wrote the review for this film.
0:54.5	Wolf of Wall Street Look Fun, so I went and saw it.
0:56.6	I still maintain strongly that it's a great movie.
0:59.9	It's full of totally over-the-top content, although the Wall Street people, I know, from that era, say it's not over-the-top enough.
1:07.3	It's based on a memoir by its main character, but the movie makes fun of him throughout the whole movie.
1:13.2	And if you don't get that, then you got to look real hard at your own heart, I think.
1:18.5	But yeah, I mean, I reviewed it positively, and then I gave a very, very, very, very long content advisory.
1:23.7	Still the longest one I've ever done. I think it was four paragraphs long. And I was like, please don't think that I'm telling you to go see this movie,
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